Day 2: Saturday, June 21
Time for battle!! The KCB begins to saddle horses, don arms,
and limber guns. Watching it all we see a "foreign observer," a common
site in the larger armies in the Civil War. Here is Rudy A., a native of
Bolivia, and a horse soldier in Bolivia's official cavalry before he moved
to the U.S., doing a splendid job of portraying a foreign obersver.
Day 2: Saturday, June 21
Men of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry & Horse Artillery, Co. B, of the
Kentucky Cavalry Brigade, finish harnessing and preparations in
readying their six-horse-hitch and big wheel gun for the field.
Day 2: Saturday, June 21
Men of Gracey's Kentucky Battery complete preparation of their small-wheel
gun. The Kentucky Cavalry Brigade in conjunction with the
Bluegrass Mountain Artillery has the finest assemblage of small-wheel guns
under one command in the entire U.S. hobby.
Day 2: Saturday, June 21
As the KCB's 1st Kentucky continues their work we see a view
from the business end of the gun.
Day 2: Saturday, June 21
Trooper Josh Butcher of The Posse is mounted and ready.
Day 2 Saturday, June 21
The bugles sounds and the Kentucky Cavalry Brigade begins to move
toward the battlefield! Corporal Brett Bellamy is the brigade's bugler.
Day 2 Saturday, June 21
The brigade moves forward. The artillery comes out first and here we see
Lt. Todd Marks of Cobb's Kentucky Battery (Middle Tennessee), the
Kentucky Cavalry Brigade's newest unit, sitting atop his limber as
he drives his team of mules to take he gun onto the field. The men of
Cobb's with some volunteers from other KCB units accompany the gun.
Day 2 Saturday, June 21
With a clear field the 1st Kentucky rolls it's big gun forward,
accompanied by outriders from the 1st Kentucky and The Posse.